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University of Georgia Vice President for Research David Lee misleads us in his Banner-Herald opinion piece on the proposed National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility, for which an Athens-Clarke County site remains ...

A team of investigators Friday arrested a local business owner on felony piracy charges after finding counterfeit CDs, DVDs and clothing during searches of the man's home and a Hawthorne Avenue business, ...

This week, in an effort to further the community's awareness about the availability, accessibility and fine eatin' of local food, Craig Page, executive director of PLACE has organized a multi-day event called ...

A challenge to the noise ordinance in Athens-Clarke County will move to the Georgia Supreme Court after Superior Court Judge David Sweat dismissed it.

Uniformed officers and members of the Athens-Clarke police Crime Emergency Unit searched a home at Riverfront Apartments on College Avenue early Friday, seizing an undisclosed amount of cocaine and drug ...

A woman suspects two former roommates stole cash, shoes, a rug and a puppy with a total value of $2,260 from her home on Cole Manor while she was out of state, Athens-Clarke police said.

As a former Athens City Council member, serving the Third Ward from 1964-70, I'd like to thank the Banner-Herald for its coverage of the death of former Athens Mayor Julius Bishop.

Complete area primary results Republican voters overwhelmingly endorsed state Sen.

Barrow County voters, angered last fall when commissioners voted to condemn private land to expand the county's Northeast Georgia Regional Airport, exacted their revenge on Tuesday.

Athens Transit is offering free bus rides Wednesday in an effort to attract more riders.

Officers patrolling a southeastern Clarke County apartment complex arrested a man on drug trafficking and other charges Tuesday when they caught him with a large amount of cash and cocaine, Athens-Clarke police ...

Political newcomer Anthony Dove unseated Madison County Commission Chairman Wesley Nash in a landslide victory Tuesday, snatching up more than 70 percent of the vote and beating the three-term incumbent nearly ...

Complete area primary results Funeral home manager Sonny Wilson ousted Clarke County Coroner Bobby Tribble on Tuesday, while Chief Magistrate Patricia Barron kept her seat.

Athens Montessori Primary Summer School students are not worried about the high gas prices.

Scroll down for a list of candidates No incumbent is safe in Tuesday's Republican primary for the Oconee County Board of Commissioners.

An estranged couple whose 12-year-old son was killed while bicycling last month are joining forces to sue the man charged with his death.

Athens-Clarke police arrested an Athens man suspected of snatching a 63-year-old woman's purse as she sat outside an Alps Road bookstore Saturday, police said.

Click here to see candidate's campaign finance disclosures When Jim Keinard ran for Hoschton City Council, he paid a $13 qualifying fee - the only money he spent for the whole race.

Dear Lanie: My dilemma is in my small guest bedroom. I want to put a couple of pieces as nightstands, but I'm not sure I like the idea of the traditional kind.

Oglethorpe County Sheriff Mike Smith has asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to look into whether $39,000 was misappropriated from the Arnoldsville Volunteer Fire Department.